It amazed me at first, that they were fun to anyone over the age of 4.

It amazed me when people were impressed by them and placed "orders" for me to make some.

And they amazed me again when my 3 girls said they wanted ones of their own.

So when the three of them weren't around (which isn't often, so it was tricky) I sewed up special ones for each of them.

I tried to make theirs a little bit extra special. I put a bell on the ribbon, so they jingle.... I splurged on some extra cute little items to put inside..... and previously I had used letter beads to spell out the recipient's first name (which was probably the most challenging thing to find) and this time I added my girls' middle names as well.

A few of my favorite items to be found were:

the sandcastle:

the Eiffel Tower:

The little matryoshka:

and the wee croissant:

I love making these. I'm trying to figure out my cost/time/profit ratio to see if it would be worth it to make some to sell. But for now I'm happy to just make them for little ones that I know and love.

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The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.-Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.

"I believe in the sun even when it isn't shining, I believe in love even when I don't feel it, & I believe in God even when he is silent."

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Just as you may now think, with some amusement, about prior civilizations who thought your earth was flat, there will be others, in the not too distant future, who will reel in disbelief that there was ever a time when abundance wasn't seen as spiritual, where a dream's manifestation wasn't considered inevitable, and that there were multitudes who knew so little of their importance, their power, and of how deeply they were loved.